Pope Francis: marriage
is between men and women (Brisbane
Times) Oct 5 - Rome: Pope Francis defended marriage as "an indissoluble bond
between a man and a woman" on Sunday as he opened a landmark Catholic
synod on the family hours after the Vatican sacked a senior priest who came out
as gay.

Israel fears new
intifada (The Australian) Oct 9 - After weeks of violence in Jerusalem, politicians are debating whether
a third intifada has already begun.

Islamic State closes in
on Syrian city of Aleppo(Sydney
Morning Herald) Oct 10 - Beirut:Islamic State fighters
have seized villages close to the northern city of Aleppo from rival
insurgents, a monitoring group said on Friday, despite an intensifying Russian
air-and-sea campaign that Moscow says has targeted the militant group.

Crime families linked to
IS, Jabar (The Australian) Oct 9 - JENNINE KHALIK, MARK SCHLIEBS A member of an organised crime family
linked to those arrested in Sydney’s terror raids has been killed in the Middle
East after being lured there by IS.

Also: Four arrests at mosque
protests (The Australian) Oct 11 - Four people have been arrested as hundreds of police worked to control
tensions at an anti-mosque protest in Bendigo.

Tasmanian anti-Islam
rally flops (The Australian) Oct 10 - AN anti-Islam rally in Hobart fizzled in the face of opposition from
rival pro-diversity supporters who outnumbered the protesters five to one.

Deadly mix of rebellion,
religion (The Australian) Oct 8 – (Opinion: Cameron Stewart) Ever since Farhad Jabar shot Curtis Cheng, a
phoney debate has emerged about if it was an act of rebellion or religion.